BlackBerry Storm .113 Firmware Said To Be The Next Official Update
As seems to be the norm, the BlackBerry Storm got off to a shaky start when it went on sale back in November. It was a bit buggy, and users experienced no small number of issues. Verizon offered a firmware update in early December that fixed many of the major issues. Now, a new update is on the way. Ready for nearly every bug to be fixed?As seems to be the norm, the BlackBerry Storm got off to a shaky start when it went on sale back in November. It was a bit buggy, and users experienced no small number of issues. Verizon offered a firmware update in early December that fixed many of the major issues. Now, a new update is on the way. Ready for nearly every bug to be fixed?Here's the changelog. It's pretty ridiculous:
- Fixed bug where Mute and End buttons would work incorrectly while using an A2DP headset on a call.
- Fixed bug that caused display to briefly show small, multi-colored dots across the entire screen.
- Fixed bug that could cause a white bar to display on the screen.
- Fixed bug that could cause custom ringtones to play even when phone is set to vibrate.
- Fixed bug where pictures taken in landscape mode and sent could show in portrait.
- Fixed rare bug causing notifications not to show for incoming text messages.
- Fixed bug causing call timer to intermittently show incorrectly.
- Fixed bug causing an error and possibly display issues when more than 40 items are present in the call log.
- Fixed rare bug where multitap keypad could behave like SureType keypad.
- Fixed bug where if a music artist is deleted from the phone, the artist's tracks could still show.
- Fixed bug preventing renaming of file extensions on music playlists.
- Fixed bug causing choppy audio playback on downloaded WMA files.
- Fixed rare bug where phone could reset while recording a video for MMS attachment.
- Fixed bug that could cause the device to stop responding and display an error when pausing a video recording.
- Fixed bug that prevented the backlight from timing out while playing streamed video content.
- Fixed bug with display of track names containing periods.
- Reduced amount of time it takes to begin playing MP3 files.
- Fixed bug that could cause viewfinder to not display correctly when camera is started in portrait mode and quickly flipped to landscape.
- Fixed bug that occasionally caused screen to briefly show white after taking a picture.
- Fixed rare bug that caused phone to reset when taking a picture with image stabilization and white board effect enabled.
- Fixed rare bug where camera application would remain open after user had closed it.
- Fixed rare bug where camera application would start without being commanded to do so.
- Fixed bug that could cause phone to go to EV-DO after an automatic reset when it is in 1X-only mode.
- Improved capability in auto off/on functionality for connecting to wireless networks when turning back on.
- Enhanced system to ensure OTA updates continue if
- Added full support for English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish in the East Asia language pack.
- Added rendering support for Indonesian Bahasa.
- Added "Go" buttons next to address and search fields in the browser and search application respectively.
- Added Phone icon to home screen.
- Removed Call Log icon in Applications folder.
- Device can now be upgraded OTA using either internal memory or a media card.
- Improved volume consistency across applications and calls.
- Fixed rare bug to prevent uncommanded scrolling of text.
- Improved speed when composing messages.
- Improved speed in Calendar application when selecting "go to date".
- Fixed bugs to ensure Application Permission screen is always correctly displayed.
- Fixed various bugs causing device resets.
- Fixed rare bug causing device to freeze while using Voice Dial.
- Improved accuracy of signal strength meter.
- Fixed rare bug where phone could lose data connectivity.
- Fixed bug to ensure new languages can always be added.
- Fixed bug to ensure phone always vibrates and beeps for incoming text messages when it is set to do so.
- Fixed bug that could cause device to not allow text messages to be sent to numbers in the Frequently Dialed Number list.
- Fixes to make sure emails are always displayed correctly.
- Fixed bugs that could cause static on phone calls.
- Fixed bug that could prevent audio from routing through a Bluetooth headset when using speed dial.
- Enhancements to ensure that phone features are not accidentally accessed when phone is held up to ear.
- Fixed bug to ensure holding down the 1 button always triggers voicemail.
- Fixed bug that could prevent .odf files stored on media cards from playing correctly.
- Fixed bug that could inform the user they don't have rights to play music when the message is not necessary.
- Fixed bug causing popping noises in downloaded songs.
- Improved display of files saved on media cards in all applications.
- Fixed bugs preventing creation and opening of playlists in some circumstances.
- Fixed bug that could prevent access to the Music Library from the Options menu in the media player.
- Improved support for streaming video content whose URLs are longer than 512 characters.
- Fixed bug preventing correct display of streaming video content sent in a text message.
- Improved accuracy of progress bars displayed when downloading files.
- Fixed bugs preventing preview of songs when using V CAST Rhapsody.
- Fixed bugs preventing playback of video recorded on the phone.
- Improvements to prevent intermittent error messages displayed in the media player.
- Sped up display of pictures.
- Fixed bug that could cause pictures to display at the wrong resolution.
- Fixed rare bug causing device to lock while typing.
- Fixed bugs involving incorrect display of keyboard.
- Made sure device remains in portrait mode while being unlocked in portrait mode.
- Full QWERTY keyboard now available in portrait mode.
- Improved performance and stability with pre-loaded games.
- Fixed bug causing Incoming Call screen to not show when user is in some applications.
- Fixed bug that could prevent LED indicator from turning on when device is charged.
- Fixed bug causing Enterprise Activation screen to show after activation is complete.
- Improved display rotation speed while viewing contacts.
- Improved data call setup when switching wireless technologies.
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